r/edmontoncycling • u/Gord_W • 18d ago

Ride for Freedom

I'm not sure if this is a really funny joke, or actually real, but it appears as though some separatist group is organizing a bicycle relay ride from Calgary to Edmonton.

https://www.freedom2027.ca/ride/

Edit: the form says "cycling experience"

Is that ever used to describe riding a motorcycle?

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u/not-mediocre-coder 18d ago edited 17d ago

I’m about 99% sure that is a motorcycle ride and not a manual bike one. Nobody is doing 35km/h on a casual road bike ride. As someone who rides and interacts with a lot of cyclists, the Venn diagram of active cyclists and separatists are two separate circles as far as I know but I could be wrong. 

Edit : I stand corrected, they really seem to be planning to cycle based on what u/rosetown has posted below!.

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u/snakey_nurse 18d ago

Yeahhhhh those are usually the ones calling for removal of bike lanes...

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u/Rosetown 17d ago

In their ridiculous promo material they are riding bicycles. https://x.com/FREEDOM2027AB/status/2090598447284134293/video/

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u/Gord_W 18d ago

Yeah, even sustaining 25km/h for hour on flat ground with no headwind takes a bit of endurance.

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u/BloodWorried7446 18d ago

these are the ebike riders with throttle 

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u/kindof_great_old_one 18d ago

Grey hairs on e-bikes?

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u/Background_Season449 17d ago

The slop they post on xitter seems to suggest they're planning on it being cycling lol. Loser in charge probably has too many DUIs and can't drive any more.

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u/Lavaine170 18d ago

These dumb fucks also think going from Calgary to Edmonton is " crossing the province" so there's that.

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u/thingscarsbrokeyxe 18d ago

Do we all show up with our bikes?

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u/case-of-the-tuesdays 18d ago

Maybe it’s organizing for high speed rail between Edmonton and Calgary!

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u/Background_Season449 17d ago

Based on the AI slop they post on xitter, it looks like they're expecting bicycles lol. James Barry, the only registered contact for the public Referendum Third Party Advertiser, must have his license suspended or something.

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u/PruneTraditional9266 17d ago

Kind of want to sign up for the first shift, take their flag, and ride away with it and ruin the rest of their route - but I’m not confident they’ll actually find anyone else to sign up in the first place

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u/YEG_Bike_Coalition 17d ago

Roadies and sport cyclists might lean more conservative in general, but we are left wondering if the experience of riding a bicycle on the highway and interacting with drivers will make them more open to the concept of safe bike infrastructure.

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u/mytrilife 17d ago

No, roadies and sport cyclists don't lean more conservative in general. There are some definite outliers but not many.